Topic 'Re: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?' in forum 'Windstream' - dslreports.comhttp://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27774200
enTue, 03 Mar 2015 17:41:10 EDTTue, 03 Mar 2015 17:41:10 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27781587
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27781587Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:22:17 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27780489
By the way, I'm not normally a complainer, but I had the best, most stable 12mb Windstream connection in North Georgia, and I'm 1800 line feet from what was a good RT, and now during the heavy usage time I'm very lucky to see a 3rd of what I pay for.--"I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane." ~ Waylon Jennings]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27780489Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:33:21 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27779960
As it happens the only other choice in my area is satellite with the high data cap at 5gb. Yes you read that correctly 5gb. That is no kind of choice.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27779960Sun, 02 Dec 2012 04:32:40 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27779438
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http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27777204Fri, 30 Nov 2012 21:25:11 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27777156
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http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27776420Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:42:10 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27776277
said by tdumaine:

ISDN available to you? I know its not high speed, but it would do gaming well.

I hadn't thought about ISDN since I last had it 10+ years ago. Assuming that you can even get ISDN in your locality, the issue would be finding a rural dial-up ISP that supports it, with a POP that's not a toll call. And since Windstream would provide the ISDN line (monopoly provider, remember?), and they consider the ISDN line a business class service, it would likely cost as much or more as the DSL line you would be dumping. And then you have to add the dial-up ISP cost.

The fact is that most of the folks on this forum who are having problems simply have no other high-speed option than satellite. I doubt wireless data would be any faster for most of us than WS's broken DSL. I know I get EDGE speeds on my phone, and VZW is no faster - no LTE in my woods.

What galls me most is that WS is given federal stimulus money, borrowed from my children's future prosperity, to extend their network deployment. That's bad enough by itself, but in addition there are no strings attached to ensure that their network is worth a damn. Uncle Sugar pays them to deploy DSL, only to have them deliver dial-up speeds. Such a deal.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27776277Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:05:39 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27775642
Not much I can (afford) to do till then. But my money will be going to the only other option... comcast. I'm not exactly thrilled about it either.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27775642Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:31:54 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27775315
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27775315Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:04:50 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27774568
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27774568Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:49:39 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27774370
ISDN available to you? I know its not high speed, but it would do gaming well.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27774370Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:27:15 EDTRe: Why dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27774337
Verizon has expanded 4G LTE in the towns on each side of us, and are expected to be in my area in 1st qtr of next year. I have tested it multiple times in each while visiting friends 17MBPS down or higher and 3-10 up. When it is here and I can check it I will glady forget I even knew a company named Windstream.]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27774337Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:55:49 EDTWhy dont many of you vote with your wallet?http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27774200
I can relate if its the only choice besides dialup, but how many of you fall into that category? I'm sure not everyone does.

Companies take notice once thier income starts going away.

Not a flame, not taking a shot at you guys, honestly curious]]>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Why-dont-many-of-you-vote-with-your-wallet-27774200Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:02:33 EDT